The Western security community, 1948-1950
Subtitle: common problems and conflicting National interests during the Foundation Phase of the North Atlantic Alliance
By: edited by Norbert Winggershaus and Roland G. Foerster ; assisted by Birgit Schulz and Winfried Heinemann.
Contributors: Wiggershaus, Norbert Theodor, 1939-; Foerster, Roland G., 1937-
Series: Studies in military history
Publisher: BERG
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; Providence, RI, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
Subjects: North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- History.; National security -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.; Europe -- Defenses -- History -- 20th century.
Description: The troubled early years of the postwar period, culminating in the Korean War, led to the formation of NATO as the Western response to the threat posed by the Soviet Union and its satellites at the time. These years determined the shape of world politics for nearly half a century and although the world situation is changing it is still unclear what the outcome of the present upheavals will be.

Then, as now, the 'German Question' was one of the main issues facing Europe to which a clear answer has yet to be found. This volume contains significant insights into the origins of this question, which are dependent upon the different national perspectives of military historians from West Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Italy, France and Britain, and as such offers an important contribution to the present debate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.